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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Yoshio Imura, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoaki Kawamura, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshio Imura, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoaki Kawamura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/75 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
When initializing a recording medium, an ordinary folder and a lock folder are created. Photographic information files of photographed images are stored into the ordinary folder. Files the erasure of which is disabled among the photographic information files are stored into the lock folder. After a photographing operation, any image file set for a lock is erased from the ordinary folder and stored into the lock folder.